"Algiz" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2009, Galina Krasskova, Runes: Theory & Practice, Red Wheel/Weiser, page 95",
          "text": "Algiz is a solid, stable, and very firm rune. It makes a good fence or wall, and functions nicely to guard one's Wyrd and one's property.",
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          "text": "Algiz, one of the oldest runes, associated with sedge grass, and Thor, and Heimdall, and a number of other things depending on who you asked and which runic alphabet you used. Algiz had a universal meaning: protection.",
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